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05:07: Tech Core is out: does its ship combat fix a map scale, and did /starfinder-deck-plans/ pick up any visits MATCHED05:07: Tech Core is out: does its ship combat fix a map scale, and did /starfinder-deck-plans/ pick up any visits
07:07: the overdue 9 Oct checks: Search Console on /starfinder-deck-plans/ and the Discovered pages, then the Starfinder 2e title call MATCHED07:07: the overdue 9 Oct checks: Search Console on /starfinder-deck-plans/ and the Discovered pages, then the Starfinder 2e title call
09:07: the overdue 11 Oct /maps/ check, and where the paid-feature clicks (pdf-locked, fleet-locked) lead MATCHED09:07: the overdue 11 Oct /maps/ check, and where the paid-feature clicks (pdf-locked, fleet-locked) lead
11:07: a worked Tech Core example on /starfinder-deck-plans/: where the battle stations go on a free ship MATCHED11:07: a worked Tech Core example on /starfinder-deck-plans/: where the battle stations go on a free ship
13:07: bring the r/starfinderrpg draft up to date with Tech Core, so it's ready if the boss picks it MATCHED13:07: bring the r/starfinderrpg draft up to date with Tech Core, so it's ready if the boss picks it
15:07: make the free Halcyon Drift download Tech Core-ready: battle stations in its room key MATCHED15:07: make the free Halcyon Drift download Tech Core-ready: battle stations in its room key
17:07: read what Starfinder GMs are saying about Tech Core ship combat maps since 7 Oct, logged out MATCHED17:07: read what Starfinder GMs are saying about Tech Core ship combat maps since 7 Oct, logged out
19:07: check r/starfinderrpg rules and recent posts so draft v2 fits, logged out MATCHED19:07: check r/starfinderrpg rules and recent posts so draft v2 fits, logged out
21:07: find which free pages already fit a Halloween derelict one-shot MATCHED21:07: find which free pages already fit a Halloween derelict one-shot
23:07: link /starfinder-deck-plans/ from the pages Google has indexed MATCHED23:07: link /starfinder-deck-plans/ from the pages Google has indexed
01:07: make sure Bing and Google hear about the changed Starfinder and maps pages MATCHED01:07: make sure Bing and Google hear about the changed Starfinder and maps pages
Next NO MATCH—
— ACTUAL ONLY11:07: daily run

Planned

05:07: Tech Core is out: does its ship combat fix a map scale, and did /starfinder-deck-plans/ pick up any visits

  • Tech Core came out 7 Oct. This is the Next item from 6 Oct. Use WebSearch and WebFetch (Archives of Nethys, reviews, Paizo) to find whether tactical starship combat sets a grid scale or map size for the party's ship, or ships sample ship maps. Quote only what a page says.
  • If a scale is stated and it differs from 5 ft, or the page would mislead, edit /starfinder-deck-plans/ (static, deploy, read back). If not, leave it.
  • Traffic since 6 Oct from events.sh: views of /starfinder-deck-plans/, and RUM against the pings (the 8 Oct check).
  • Log both in LEARNED and actual.

07:07: the overdue 9 Oct checks: Search Console on /starfinder-deck-plans/ and the Discovered pages, then the Starfinder 2e title call

  • Grep LEARNED for the 9 Oct items: the Starfinder 2e title decision and what it was waiting on.
  • Use the broker: inspect /starfinder-deck-plans/ and /foundry/, and query the last 14 days for starfinder queries and pages.
  • Decide the title. If the data, plus Tech Core's p. 167 rule, supports putting "Starfinder 2e" or "Tech Core" into the title, edit it (static), deploy and read it back. Otherwise log why not.

09:07: the overdue 11 Oct /maps/ check, and where the paid-feature clicks (pdf-locked, fleet-locked) lead

  • Read the 11 Oct Next item and do what it says, using events.sh.
  • Since 6 Oct the pings show one pdf-locked and one fleet-locked: someone tried a paid feature. Read what the demo shows at that moment (src, read only) and the path to /go/buy (don't fetch /go/buy). Check that the locked message names the price and links to the itch page. Fix it only if it's static, or a small src change that I can test in full before 11:07Z tomorrow.

11:07: a worked Tech Core example on /starfinder-deck-plans/: where the battle stations go on a free ship

  • The traffic that reaches the Starfinder page, and the r/starfinder_rpg post if the boss picks it, should find a reason to use our maps for Tech Core, not just a quote.
  • Verify on AoN (Starship Frames, Battle Stations) how many stations a frame has and which ones are fixed. Quote nothing I haven't read.
  • Write a short static section: take ICV Halcyon Drift and put each station in a named room from its key (pilot's console on the bridge, generator in engineering, gunnery in the slots), as a suggestion and not a rule. Deploy (static), read it back.

13:07: bring the r/starfinder_rpg draft up to date with Tech Core, so it's ready if the boss picks it

  • Read the 5 Oct draft (plan/2026-10-05.md, Next). Rewrite it for the week after Tech Core: what's useful now is a ship map for the p. 167 rule, with the battle stations suggestion on /starfinder-deck-plans/.
  • Rules: the AI line first, lowercase, no em-dashes, no verdicts, never says the boss wrote it, Ad flair because the \$12 version is linked. Every fact must be on a live page I've checked.
  • Put it in today's plan Next only. It goes on /press/ only once the boss picks it.

15:07: make the free Halcyon Drift download Tech Core-ready: battle stations in its room key

  • Someone who downloads the map from the page or the post should find the battle stations in the key too, not only on the website.
  • First check whether a script regenerates public/maps/ (grep scripts for -key.md). If one does, the change goes in its source so a rebuild keeps it. If none does, edit the .md by hand.
  • Add a short "Tech Core battle stations (a suggestion)" section with the same layout as the page. Deploy (static), read it back.

17:07: read what Starfinder GMs are saying about Tech Core ship combat maps since 7 Oct, logged out

  • Read r/Starfinder2e and r/starfinder_rpg (RSS and threads, logged out, u/ names masked). Look for posts about tactical starship combat, ship maps, battle stations, Flip-Mats, or anyone asking where to get a ship map.
  • What it decides: whether a battle station marker in the editor is worth src work, and whether the r/starfinder_rpg draft speaks to a real question. Write down what people say, not what I hope. Post nothing.

19:07: check r/starfinder_rpg rules and recent posts so draft v2 fits, logged out

  • The RSS was empty last phase. Read the sub's sidebar rules (self-promotion, AI content, flair) and the last week of posts, logged out, with u/ names masked.
  • Check that draft v2's flair, its AI disclosure and its paid mention are within the rules. If they aren't, fix the draft or mark the sub out.
  • Post nothing.

21:07: find which free pages already fit a Halloween derelict one-shot

  • Before drafting anything for late October, list what's already live: free adventure pages, derelicts and maps with a horror theme. Check each one loads.
  • If there's a clear best page, note it in Next as the landing page for the late-October slot. If a page is missing something a one-shot needs, note it.
  • No src edits near 11:07Z. Post nothing.
  • The page is still "Discovered - currently not indexed". Count which live pages link to it. If the indexed ones (the home page, /maps/, the Halcyon Drift map page) don't, add one plain contextual link from each.
  • Static HTML only, so no tests are needed if src is unchanged. Keep a backup, deploy, and read it back. If map pages are generated, change map-pages.mjs rather than the output.
  • Post nothing.

01:07: make sure Bing and Google hear about the changed Starfinder and maps pages

  • Check whether the deploy already pings IndexNow for changed URLs. If it doesn't, send /starfinder-deck-plans/, /maps/ and /maps/icv-halcyon-drift/ once, using the IndexNow key file, without printing the key.
  • See what the Search Console broker can do (inspect, sitemap submit). Use it if it helps; no new accounts.
  • Post nothing.

Next

  • Late October (Halloween, 31 Oct): a derelict one-shot angle for a Reddit slot after this week's, once the last post went okay (at most one a week). A GM on r/Starfinder2e wanted a ship for a Halloween one-shot. Draft it from the free adventure pages, facts checked, and give it to the boss as a choice. Landing page: /derelict-one-shot/ (RSV Greyling, horror tone, free 8-page PDF, 5 ft squares), checked live 12 Oct. Earliest slot: about 26 Oct, if a post goes out this week and went okay.
  • r/starfinder_rpg DRAFT v2 (12 Oct, after Tech Core). Waiting on the boss to pick it over task 8. Not on /press/. Flair: Ad. Images: upper deck, then lower deck, from public/maps/icv-halcyon-drift/. - Title: "[free] ICV Halcyon Drift, a two deck ship map for tech core starship combat, 5 ft squares, png and foundry walls" - Line 1: "an ai agent built the tool that drew this ship, and it wrote this post. i'm the human who posts it." - Line 2: "tech core says every crew should make a starship map showing where each battle station is (p. 167), so here is a free one." - Line 3: "upper deck has the bridge, crew quarters, galley, medbay, cargo, armoury, engineering and the drive. lower deck is a hold where something has been nesting in the crates, a machine shop, life support with pump 2 failing, and four escape pods, two showing green." - Line 4: "one way to place the stations: pilot's console and scanners on the bridge, generator in engineering, gunnery in the armoury and the cargo hold, drone console in the machine shop downstairs. https://bulkhead.bananafest-destiny.com/starfinder-deck-plans/"; - Line 5: "free and cc0: a png and a .dd2vtt per deck with walls, doors and lights, a print pdf and the room key. https://bulkhead.bananafest-destiny.com/maps/icv-halcyon-drift/"; - Line 6: "no image generator. the decks come from dice tables in code that runs in your browser. the editor has a free demo and a $12 full version, which is why it's flaired ad." - Facts checked 12 Oct: the p. 167 quote and the station names are from AoN (LEARNED, 12 Oct); the stations layout is word for word from the live /starfinder-deck-plans/; the files (2 png, 2 dd2vtt, pdf, key .md) are linked on the live map page; the rooms are from the key; sizes and lights are as checked on 6 Oct. Dropped the Foundry importer and sf2e detail to keep it short.
  • 19 Oct: views of /starfinder-deck-plans/ and Starfinder queries in Search Console. If any appear, consider a battle station marker (pilot's console, gunnery, generator) in the editor (src, with full tests).
  • About 10 Oct: once Tech Core is out, find whether its starship combat sets a scale or size for the ship battle map, or ships sample maps (reviews, Archives of Nethys). If it does, match /starfinder-deck-plans/ to it. 19 Oct: Search Console queries containing starfinder.
  • This week's one Reddit slot, waiting on the boss: task 8 (r/FoundryVTT, already on /press/) or r/starfinder_rpg for Tech Core week (draft in plan/2026-10-05.md Next, verified 6 Oct 01:07). If they pick r/starfinder_rpg, put it on /press/ with one URL and copy-paste text, then read the thread back logged out 24 h later.
  • 8 Oct: RUM against the pings again (visits.sh vs events.sh since 5 Oct). If RUM is still 0 while the pings have 10+ views, put one line in the batch: does the Web Analytics dashboard show visits after 4 Oct? Until then, count visits with events.sh.
  • 6 Oct after the 11:07 daily: the first daily built by the lights-count script. Read its page's "carries …" line against its .dd2vtt light count.
  • Batch ask candidate, after task 3 and task 1 (LEARNED, 5 Oct): FoundryMods. Ask the boss to sign in to foundrymods.com and say whether a module that isn't on foundryvtt.com can be added. If yes, list Bulkhead Deck Plans by its manifest URL. Facts only; it is an alpha site.
  • 19 Oct: /foundry/ in Search Console (query,page filtered to foundry, --fresh). Its title changed on 5 Oct to lead with "Free sci-fi starship maps for Foundry VTT v14". It had no rows before the change. Re-inspect it too, so we know Google has crawled it since 5 Oct.
  • From the texttotabletop read (LEARNED, 5 Oct): one search, one page, tied to a moment. Candidate for Tech Core week: put "Starfinder 2e" in /starfinder-deck-plans/'s title and h1, which is true (5 ft squares per the 2e Player Core, and the sf2e system was checked on 29 Sep), and say nothing about what Tech Core contains. First, at the 9 Oct inspect, see whether Google has the page at all. If it's still "Discovered", a title change won't matter yet. Don't write a blog-style page per topic until one page shows clicks.
  • After r/starfinder_rpg (so the week of 12 Oct at the earliest), and only if task 8 didn't go bad on the AI line: an r/Star_Wars_Maps post (LEARNED, 5 Oct). [DECK PLAN] flair, or [Self Promotion] if it links the $12 page. One derelict's decks as PNGs with the size in the title ([WxH]), like the makers there do. AI line first; the creator's one rule is to say when AI is used. Second line: the maps come from dice tables in the page. Link a free map page, not the store. Not a Star Wars ship, and no Star Wars names. Before writing it, check the sub's sidebar again and look at the last 2 weeks of [DECK PLAN] posts.
  • 13 Oct, with the saves read: intro-pic sittings (6 from 27 Sep to 4 Oct, all desktop, 5 did nothing after it). If picture visitors who press Another one keep getting intact ships and leaving, set the sidebar mood to Derelict in the intro-pic handler too, so Another one gives them the One-shot card. Don't change it on one sitting.
  • 13 Oct: count saves (Save, PDF or Link) per Generate sitting since the short-phone card fix went live on 4 Oct evening, against 3 of 32 for 27 Sep to 4 Oct.
  • Foundry validation ran on 14.365 because foundry-validate.mjs runs on demo.foundryvtt.com, which is on that build. Stable is 14.368. That isn't ours to move: the demo will catch up. Each Sunday run's log line names the core it used. If it ever goes back to 13.x, the v14 claim on /foundry/ needs a look.
  • Owlbear page, from 4 Oct: 7 views of /owlbear-rodeo-dd2vtt/ since 1 Oct 12:10, and 0 obr-copy, 0 obr-rogue. At 20+ views with still 0 copies, make the store link the page's first button above the manifest URL (one press, nothing to paste), then count obr-rogue again.
  • r/starfinder_rpg, the week of Tech Core (out 7 Oct). Write it on Tue 6 Oct, after task 8's first day shows how r/FoundryVTT took it, and give it to the boss for Wed 7 or Thu 8. Shape: a gallery post with the Ad flair (the page links the $12 version), three to four deck PNGs at 5 ft squares from one ship, and the first line saying an AI agent made the maps and the post. Second paragraph, from the 30 Sep lessons: the maps come from dice tables in code that run in your browser, with no image model and no server. Never call Generate optional. A free .dd2vtt per deck for Foundry's sf2e system, and a link to /starfinder-deck-plans/. Don't claim Tech Core has starship rules: neither source says so. No staged replies. If task 8 goes negative on the AI line, hold this one and say why. - The ship is chosen (4 Oct): ICV Halcyon Drift. Images: the upper deck (3600x1700, 233 kB) and the lower deck (2700x1700, 151 kB), both from public/maps/icv-halcyon-drift/. The link is /maps/icv-halcyon-drift/, so the post also tests a map page's opens and downloads directly. Tuesday adds only the text. - DRAFT (5 Oct, from the key on disk; Tuesday adjusts it, then re-check every fact against the live page before /press/). Flair: Ad. Images: upper deck, then lower deck. - Title: "[free] ICV Halcyon Drift, a two deck starship on 5 ft squares, png and foundry walls (36x17 and 27x17)" - Body, line 1: "an ai agent built the tool that drew this ship, and it wrote this post. i'm the human who posts it." - Body, line 2: "no image generator here. the decks come from dice tables in code that runs in your browser, laid out room by room on a 5 ft grid." - Body, line 3: "upper deck has the bridge, crew quarters, galley, medbay, cargo, armoury, engineering and the drive. lower deck is a hold where something has been nesting in the crates, a machine shop, life support with pump 2 failing, and four escape pods, two showing green." - Body, line 4: "free and cc0: a png and a .dd2vtt per deck (walls, doors and lights, imports into foundry with the universal battlemap importer, works under the sf2e system), a print pdf and the room key. https://bulkhead.bananafest-destiny.com/maps/icv-halcyon-drift/"; - Body, line 5: "the editor that made it has a free demo and a $12 full version, which is why it's flaired ad." - Facts used: sizes from the page (36x17 upper, 27x17 lower, 100 px per 5 ft square). Rooms are word for word from icv-halcyon-drift-key.md. sf2e is from the 29 Sep check (sf2e 1.5.1, verified on v14). Checked 5 Oct: the PNGs are 3600x1700 and 2700x1700, and the .dd2vtt files say 36x17 and 27x17 at 100 px, with 19 and 8 portals and 6 and 3 lights.
  • Batched asks, after task 1 (facts only): did [email removed] ever answer ticket #491430 (Roll20 Marketplace application, 15 Sep)? If it answered, what did it say? If it is silent past 13 Oct (4 weeks), the boss can reply on the ticket. Roll20's forum says that helps. If it was approved, rebuild store/roll20/halcyon-drift-pack.zip from the 1.18 build before uploading, because the current pack was rendered from 1.12.2. Better: build it from a ship that isn't free on /maps/, because Halcyon Drift is CC0 there and is the r/starfinder_rpg ship.
  • 11 Oct: /maps/ opens again (events.sh since 1 Oct 12:10, 'view /maps/<slug>/'). It was 0 of 12 on 4 Oct, and the screenshots showed no fault. At 20+ views with 0 opens, try a direct download link on each card.
  • 16 Oct, when The Last TTRPG Jam opens (theme on its page): re-read the rules, then make a one-sheet derelict boarding game on A4. The press is app/scripts/one-sheet.mjs (ship json, side-two HTML, out PDF); generate a fresh one-deck derelict on the day. Write all game text on or after 16 Oct; the jam says no pre-released content. Side one is a Bulkhead-generated derelict GM map with its trail. Side two is rules, a d6 of what goes wrong, a clock and the theme. The first line says an AI agent made it, and the map line credits Bulkhead. CC0, free. Only when the PDF is finished and checked, give the boss one /press/ step: a new free itch project and the jam submit. Next jam re-check is 17 Oct.
  • When the boss says "pictures" or task 1 is done: fetch the itch page, check the screenshot order, that the video is gone and the tags, and that the demo file is the 816 kB examples zip (by size; never print md5s).
  • 9 Oct inspect, also: /derelict-one-shot/ (unknown on 3 Oct; sitemap resubmitted and Bing-submitted 09:2x) and the four still-Discovered landing pages. On 3 Oct /deck-plan-generator/ had moved to indexed (crawled 1 Oct).
  • 9 Oct, with the Google re-inspect: count bingbot hits since 2 Oct 07:16 on the 20 paths sent with bing-submit (/, the 7 keyword pages, /maps/ and the 11 map pages), against the 26 Sep week, when IndexNow alone left bingbot reading one page. If Bing still hasn't read them, bing-submit is as empty as IndexNow, so stop spending turns on it.
  • First press, desktop: the ship now fits below the card, about half the size it was. If the 4 Oct sittings show desktop visitors leaving after the first press more than phones do, try letting a long ship run under the card's lower edge (fit to the stage minus the card's height only on its right part). Don't change it on looks alone. The switch patches applied 4 of 4 at 06:19. 4 Oct had only 2 editor sittings (1 desktop, 1 phone), too few to tell. Read it again on 13 Oct with the saves count, over 4 to 13 Oct.
  • Real-room batch, after task 1: in Owlbear with Dynamic Fog, check that a bridge "Window" (now sent closed) stops a token and that the GM can open it with the door tool. The source says yes. This is just to see it.
    • (Dropped 5 Oct, 08:2x: Scene Importer's own parser, run in node on our zip, imports 0 scenes because v11+ packs keep walls as separate keys. See LEARNED. Not a room test.)
  • If a GM ever reports a room with no way in on a derelict: it opens on a hole (the 13:09 guard test proves it). Check how a breach draws at small sizes and in the PNG before touching the generator.
  • itch support follow-up: it's task 3 on /press/ (a reply in the 18 Sep thread). After task 1, a 1.18 devlog replaces the unpublished 1.17 draft. Devlogs get indexed even while the page isn't. Once indexed: add the ttrpg tag and re-run itch-indexed.mjs.
  • /maps/ from 4 Oct: Free maps is the intro's second visible button now. Count sittings that go / → /maps/, and whether they open a map page or come back and press Generate (before: 8 of 9 /maps/ sittings came from /, and none opened a map page). If it only pulls people away from the derelict, move it under More.
  • Owlbear funnel, 4 Oct: bash scripts/installs.sh 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z against 34 listing / 25 manifest / 10 icon / 6 panel (3 Oct). If the panel count rises while the listing count holds, more people who add Bulkhead are finding it.
  • Owlbear path, from 4 Oct: views of /owlbear-rodeo-dd2vtt/, then obr-copy and obr-rogue (counted since 1 Oct, 12:10), then obr-view, then obr-send, in events.sh. If people view the page but nobody copies, the page is what to fix. If they copy but nothing opens the panel, look at the install step in Owlbear. After each daily, run the switch check on a worktree.
  • Phone Generate sittings after the room key fix (deployed by 07:17): per sitting, do phones now press Another one, Save or Link? Also per sitting: intact or derelict, and where it started (intro-derelict / intro-intact are counted from 2 Oct, about 05:12; the demo intro has led with the derelict since 05:00). Before, by app/scripts/sittings.sh 2026-09-28T00:00:00Z 2026-10-02T00:00:00Z: 5 of 29 web sittings saw a derelict, 1 saved or linked, 9 pressed more than once (the 04:54 count of 3 of 22 was off; see the 08:08 actual). Run the same script from 2026-10-02T05:12:00Z for after. 25 Sep to 1 Oct counted 103 intact presses against 13 derelict, but one phone made 58 presses on 1 Oct. If real sittings mostly stay on intact (the select's default) and never see a story, try derelict as the first press, then measure saves. Group by hour, country and device as on 1 Oct (a temporary script in app/scripts/, removed after). Read from/ alongside it.
  • Batch question after task 1, on the same Android phone: download bulkhead-1.18.zip from /press/, unzip it, and open bulkhead.html. Does the editor run, and does Generate work? Then the same on an iPhone if there's one to hand. The file itself runs from disk in WebKit and in Chromium as a phone, even with storage blocked (the 2 Oct 18:07 actual); what's unknown is whether the phone opens it in a browser at all. If it doesn't, the itch page and the demo's upsell must say "for a computer" before anyone pays.
  • Batch questions after task 1, all in one real Owlbear room. First, the .dd2vtt export from the panel on an Android phone: does a "downloaded" notice show, what is the file called in Downloads (it should end .dd2vtt), and does a two-deck ship bring up a "download multiple files?" prompt? (BR, 30 Sep: three presses, then a desktop save 25 min later. No sandbox on the frame and ~1 s to the download, checked 09:07.) Then a hex send and dragging in a -WxH PNG.
  • Before task 1: after any src fix a buyer would get, run release.mjs 1.18 (it runs pack-check), --fix stale pack PDFs, re-make the Greyling by hand if it is flagged, bump ?v= on /press/ and itch-description, deploy, read every changed file back. Since 19:2x on 3 Oct: 1.18 zip ?v=1004b (since 21:2x on 4 Oct, with the short-phone card fix and the Global Illumination README lines), pack ?v=1018 (since 20:2x), examples zip and Greyling ?v=1004. From the upload on, pack ships don't change.
  • Old .dd2vtt walls: done on 1 Oct (the daily archive, the weekly zip, Foundry 1.4.0). The /maps/ pages and both free packs (store/ = public/packs/; store/ is what I prepared for itch, but I can't see itch's uploaded files, so this is an assumption) already had the right walls, so the itch free packs need no re-upload. Drop that from the after-task-1 batch.
  • Task 1 is now the file swap (the switch went live on 3 Oct). When status shows "itch sells the current" ok for both files, take the paid zips off /press/, drop the pack from the zip check, and paste the 1.18 devlog (store/DEVLOG-1.18.md) as the next ask.

Actual

05:07: Tech Core is out: does its ship combat fix a map scale, and did /starfinder-deck-plans/ pick up any visits

  • Tech Core p. 167, via Archives of Nethys: "Every crew should create a starship map indicating the position of each battle station." The map uses a square grid, and 5 ft squares are implied by the zones rule. The book sets no size. Battle stations named: pilot's console, gunnery, generator (p. 165).
  • /starfinder-deck-plans/ now quotes p. 167 and links the AoN page, in place of my own "That battle map is a deck plan" line. Static only (src unchanged). Deployed; live matches dist, and the AoN link returns 200. Backup: sf-before-1012.html.
  • Traffic 6–11 Oct: pings show 19 "view /" and 1 "view /starfinder-deck-plans/". RUM is back with 13 loads, so the 8 Oct check is answered.
  • Finished 05:09

07:07: the overdue 9 Oct checks: Search Console on /starfinder-deck-plans/ and the Discovered pages, then the Starfinder 2e title call

  • Search Console inspect today: - /starfinder-deck-plans/: still "Discovered - currently not indexed". The first try returned a Google 500; the retry worked. - /foundry/: "Submitted and indexed", last crawled 1 Oct, so its 5 Oct retitle isn't seen yet. - /derelict-one-shot/: now "Submitted and indexed" (it was Discovered on 5 Oct).
  • Last 14 days (28 Sep–11 Oct): about 26 impressions and 0 clicks. /guide/ 9 at position 8, / 3 at position 4, and the rest spread over the daily pages, /foundry/, /space-station-map-maker/ and others. The query,page view has no rows; Google hides rare queries.
  • Title call: no change. Google hasn't indexed the Starfinder page, so a "Starfinder 2e" title can't move anything yet. The page now carries the Tech Core p. 167 quote, which Google will see whenever it crawls. Re-inspect on 19 Oct with the other checks.
  • Didn't do the bingbot count. Search is too small a channel right now to spend more turns on it.
  • Finished 07:08

09:07: the overdue 11 Oct /maps/ check, and where the paid-feature clicks (pdf-locked, fleet-locked) lead

  • /maps/ since 1 Oct 12:10 (pings): 17 views of /maps/, and 3 opens of a map page (icv-halcyon-drift 2, derelict-freighter-tamarind 1). That isn't the "20+ views, 0 opens" trigger, so no direct-download links. The cards work.
  • Locked clicks since 6 Oct: 1 pdf-locked, 1 fleet-locked. Read the path (src, read only): - Each locked click opens the upsell dialog with its own title. The body names everything in the $12 file and says itch emails the link with no account needed. - The "Get the full version" button gets BUY_URL. The PDF and VTT dialogs also offer "Save this ship first". - The post-export dialog says the PNG "carries a small 'demo' mark", and that's true: the demo's WATERMARK is "bulkhead.bananafest-destiny.com · demo" and render.ts draws it. - Nothing to fix. Changed nothing.
  • Finished 09:07

11:07: a worked Tech Core example on /starfinder-deck-plans/: where the battle stations go on a free ship

  • Verified on AoN: Tech Core p. 196 gives each frame 2 default stations, a pilot's console and a generator, plus 4 slots (drone console, generator, gunnery, magic conduit, pilot's console, scanners). Logged in LEARNED.
  • /starfinder-deck-plans/ has a new section, "Battle stations on a free ship": one suggested layout on ICV Halcyon Drift using its key's rooms (pilot's console and scanners on the bridge, generator in engineering, gunnery in the armoury and cargo hold, drone console in the machine shop on the lower deck), as a suggestion and not a rule. I cut a "one on each side" claim because I hadn't checked where those rooms sit on the map.
  • Static only (src unchanged). Deployed; live matches dist, and both new links return 200. Backup: sf-before-1112.html.
  • Finished 11:08

11:07: daily run

  • The scheduled run fired at 11:37. daily-host.sh exited 0, meta.json has the Bluesky URL, and npm run status reads all 29 clear, 2 waiting on the boss.
  • Finished 11:42

13:07: bring the r/starfinder_rpg draft up to date with Tech Core, so it's ready if the boss picks it

  • Wrote draft v2 into today's plan Next. It opens on the Tech Core p. 167 rule, adds the battle stations layout and links /starfinder-deck-plans/ and the map page. It keeps the AI line first, the Ad flair, lowercase and no em-dashes. I re-read the live map page: it links all six files the draft names. Not on /press/; that waits for the boss's pick.
  • Finished 13:07

15:07: make the free Halcyon Drift download Tech Core-ready: battle stations in its room key

  • public/maps/ is rebuilt by scripts/map-pages.mjs from its sources, so the change went into the script. A new STATIONS map (only icv-halcyon-drift) appends "## Tech Core battle stations (a suggestion)" to the key before the source line, with the same layout as /starfinder-deck-plans/.
  • Ran map-pages.mjs. The only change under public/maps/ is the key .md; sitemap lastmods were corrected. Static only (src unchanged), so I deployed. The first read-back still showed the old file (edge lag); the second matched dist and has the section. Backup: map-pages-before-stations.mjs.
  • So anyone who downloads the map from the page or the post gets the stations in the key too.
  • Finished 15:08

17:07: read what Starfinder GMs are saying about Tech Core ship combat maps since 7 Oct, logged out

  • Read r/Starfinder2e from 6 to 12 Oct (RSS plus 5 threads, logged out, names masked). The r/starfinder_rpg RSS came back empty this time, so I didn't read it.
  • Found: free sensor maps (73 points), a hand-made freighter deck map (48), GMs running one big crew ship, and Foundry's sf2e system with no starship combat yet. One commenter wants a ship map for a Halloween one-shot. Full notes in LEARNED.
  • Decisions: draft v2 stands. The battle station marker stays gated on traffic. A late-October derelict one-shot angle is a candidate for a later Reddit slot. Posted nothing.
  • Finished 17:08

19:07: check r/starfinder_rpg rules and recent posts so draft v2 fits, logged out

  • The rules page rendered logged out. The 7 rules are unchanged: one promoting post per 30 days, Ad flair when asking for money, no AI rule. We haven't posted there yet.
  • The newest posts show ship maps doing well: the freighter cross-post got 120, a home-ship post 33, Saturn-class 22, and Mother of Invention 19.
  • Draft v2 fits as written (Ad flair, AI line first). No change to the draft. Posted nothing.
  • Finished 19:07

21:07: find which free pages already fit a Halloween derelict one-shot

  • /derelict-one-shot/ is the landing page. It returns 200, and its 8-page PDF (200, PDF) and the .bulkhead.json "open in editor" file (200) both load. It's for any grid-based sci-fi game, at 5 ft squares, which matches Tech Core's grid.
  • Its tone is already Halloween: RSV Greyling is "under quarantine, by its own crew", "Something came aboard in a cargo lot, and there are marks on the doors, from the inside." No new page or src work is needed.
  • /maps/ has five free derelict maps as backups: Osprey, Tamarind, Cassandra, Lantern and Corvid.
  • Posted nothing; no edits to the site.
  • Finished 21:07
  • Before: 6 of 52 public pages linked to /starfinder-deck-plans/ (the home page also links once). /maps/ and the map pages didn't.
  • map-pages.mjs now adds a "By game: Starfinder deck plans (with Tech Core battle stations) · Traveller deck plans" line to /maps/. Ships with a STATIONS entry (only Halcyon Drift for now) also get a "Playing Starfinder Second Edition?" line linking to the page. I rebuilt the maps; only those two pages and their sitemap lastmods changed.
  • src was unchanged, so I deployed without tests. Read-back: the Halcyon Drift page matched dist on the second try. /maps/ was a stale edge cache HIT for a minute (/maps/index.html matched dist), then it served the new link.
  • Whether Google indexes the page shows in the 19 Oct Search Console check. Posted nothing.
  • Finished 23:08

01:07: make sure Bing and Google hear about the changed Starfinder and maps pages

  • The deploy doesn't ping IndexNow (only the daily does for /daily/). Sent /starfinder-deck-plans/, /maps/ and /maps/icv-halcyon-drift/ by hand: key ok, "200 accepted".
  • Broker: bing-submit took the same 3 URLs. submit-sitemap went to Google; the broker notes that's a hint, not an indexing request. Google last downloaded the sitemap 12 Oct 01:53Z, and the live sitemap lists /starfinder-deck-plans/ with lastmod 2026-10-12.
  • Inspect on /starfinder-deck-plans/ first said "URL is unknown to Google". A retry right after said "Discovered - currently not indexed", the same as this morning.
  • Posted nothing.
  • Finished 01:08